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I never wanted to be a ginger.
The honeymoon phase always ends, for everyone.
I had the most fantastic time filming 'Downton.'
I'm Scottish, but I also feel British at that same time.
The 'Game of Thrones' wardrobe department is so detail-oriented.
My mum's maiden name was Dalglish, so I have Scottish blood in me.
It's a wonderful thing to have a character with tons of attributes.
The gap between film and TV is narrowing, and that's great for us all.
I have always been a big fan of the BBC program 'Luther' with Idris Elba.
From a young age, I wanted to differentiate myself from my older siblings.
Graduating at the age of 21 was a wonderful age to hopefully start a career.
I'm pro-union and utterly hope that Scotland stays within the United Kingdom.
I just know that for my honeymoon, I'm not going to go to a cabin in the woods.
I wish I were as tough and strong as the women that I'm lucky enough to portray.
I feel incredibly passionate about Scotland not becoming an independent country.
It's nice to get my teeth into something that isn't a stereotypical female role.
I think it's important to change and not be associated with your character too much.
Certainly part of being from a big family is that you have to shout to make yourself heard.
I remember bossing my younger siblings around and making them put on shows and skits with me.
Mum and Dad paid me 50 pence, which was a lot of money when I was 8 years old, not to dye my hair.
I am a huge box sets fan and love a Sunday marathon session watching my favourite series back-to-back.
With big productions, you can sometimes get lost with the terminology and all the different departments.
I think booze is a good ritual. I think knocking back a shot of whiskey does calm the nerves and helps a lot.
I don't really think it matters if you go into stage or TV as long as you do a bit of character work, really.
I've been watching 'Luther' since the beginning. My family adore it, too, so it was like a passion project for me.
I'd love to try comedy, which I've never actually done. I could fail miserably at it, but I'd have fun working it out.
It's never fun to be scared [about stage fright] but I think that it is important and it's healthy to always push yourself.
I had one day with him, and he was asleep in the scene, but I told my entire family that I was in a scene with Michael Caine.
My elder brother and sister were both sporty and academic, and I think, subconsciously, I knew I couldn't go down that avenue.
I do love archery in my day-to-day life because I find it very therapeutic, and I've trained every season with the bow and arrow.
I remember loving 'Braveheart,' and I still do! It was one of those films my family had on video and we watched over and over again.
With 'Game of Thrones' you're not really dealing with anything that is based in reality. You have dragons and magic and all of that.
Mum and Dad sent us to a bilingual school, so we had half the lessons in English and half in French. But I remember being hugely lost.
Oh God, I feel hugely privileged to have not only been a part of 'Game of Thrones,' but also to have a catchphrase. It's a lovely thing.
I'm doing a bit of theatre: I'm doing a Mike Bartlett play called 'Contractions.' I'm very, very happy and lucky to be going back to the stage.
I like to think that I can run, but I remember once running up and down through different terrains while on set in Iceland, and I face planted.
There's a lovely freedom of will when you approach a character that no one has really come across before, because it is your own interpretation.
I definitely think it opened doors for me and what was so fantastic about 'Downton' being showed over in the States, was that it helped get me noticed.
People say how come I'm from Scotland yet I sound like the Queen?! I went to boarding school in Somerset, which has probably got something to do with it.
Going into auditions, there is a wonderful butterfly feeling in your stomach - an equal balance of being utterly terrified and exhilarated that this is your chance.
Unfortunately I don't have my grandparents, but Mum and I are working quite well together. That's candid, that's frank. Your grandmother is never going to lie to you.
Growing up in Britain, Michael Caine has always been such an icon. Chatting with him, I know I came across as the biggest doofus. Literally, I was, like, bowing to him.
I was lucky enough to get into drama school in London back in 2005, and I was there for three years, and in those three years, we did a lot of theater. A lot of classical training.
It's kind of ridiculous, but I hate creepy crawlers. Like centipedes. It's just the fact that they have so many legs! I am not great with spiders either. That absolutely creeps me out.
I loved my experience on 'Downton Abbey.' We shot it in six months, and it was the first time I'd ever been on TV, and I was surrounded by my friends. It was a wonderful, wonderful time.
I'm not yet fortunate enough to take only the scripts that capture my fancy, but each one has to be a new experience, to put me in a light that audiences haven't necessarily seen me before.
I would love to do comedy, but you have to be phenomenally good. I'm not sure I'm there yet. I can imagine it being so much fun but I don't think I've quite got the gall to go ahead just yet.
Now that I know how to handle a bow and arrow, I find it very therapeutic. It is a brilliant way to ease your mind, so I am going to keep it up in my free time. It is a very fun skill to have.
You always try to play it off cool, but even if I think I have a certain laidback body language when I'm meeting someone who I greatly admire, I still have this horrible tendency to go bright red.
First and foremost, Scotland is my home, and I do consider myself Scottish, but I also feel very British, and I hope that Scotland stays within the Union. I have a real concern about independence.